[untaken]

When I tried the public preview, my heart sank when I saw that "Store" icon in the start screen.

The new UI I can deal with or customise - I've been developing since DOS, I'm sure I can get used to it. But please don't remove the very reason Windows became so popular: a relatively open ecosystem.

As a result of that (and the destruction of VS), my personal projects are no longer under Windows, and my career is also shifting away from it.

I'm not anti-MS - I was once their biggest cheerleader. I just don't like their direction.

[bobbles]

If having a store inside windows that becomes popular enough, there would be potential for windows to become free to install/use.. (hey pigs could fly) Would that alleviate concerns about it?

[jenscow]

The licence cost for Windows isn't exactly prohibitive (for the home user).

That's an excellent point, however.